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United States Patent | 6,021,705 |
Dijs | February 8, 2000 |
The assembly for use in a coffee machine comprises a container having a bowl-shaped inner space bounded by a bottom having at least one outlet opening and at least one vertical sidewall. The assembly further comprises a pill-shaped pouch manufactured from filtering paper and filled with ground coffee, accommodated in the inner space of the container. The pouch extends over the bottom to a position adjacent the vertical sidewall. In the bottom, a number of channel-shaped grooves are provided, extending in radial direction of the container to the outlet opening. The grooves extend from a position located at a distance from the sidewall in the direction of the outlet opening. This prevents bypass.
Inventors: | Dijs; Daniel Albertus Jozef (Utrecht, NL) |
Assignee: | Sara Lee/DE N.V. (Utrecht, NL) |
Appl. No.: | 164141 |
Filed: | September 30, 1998 |
Sep 30, 1997[NL] | 1007171 |
Current U.S. Class: | 99/295; 99/302R; 99/307 |
Intern'l Class: | A47J 031/00 |
Field of Search: | 99/295,302 R,304,305,306,307,300 426/433 |
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